Hou Zi slowly disappeared in the clouds and mist, and there was silence all around.
The birds and beasts in the forest seemed to have disappeared, but he had a feeling that these guys were quietly observing him, this strange intruder, in the dark.
In mountains and forests like this that are within the scope of human influence, there are basically no big monsters. Even if there are, they are related to the human world in one way or another. In Xiong'er, humans and monsters get along fairly harmoniously. This is why he dares to
The reason for going into the mountains alone.
When walking through such a mountain forest, the most important thing is not to arouse the hostility of the mountain beasts; he is not yet an advanced practitioner, and he does not have the aura of a strong person that would make the mountain beasts shy away, so a misbehavior can easily cause misunderstandings.
Fortunately, he had experience in Jingyang Mountain and knew how to keep the mountain beasts quiet under such circumstances and not regard him as a threat.
Try to restrain your own perceptions. In this regard, animals have very keen senses. The more nervous you are, the more nervous they will be. In the end, such tension will force both parties to a situation where they have to explode.
What reassured him was that he could control himself, just like the mountain beasts could control their emotions, just like the mountain beasts on Jingyang Mountain who had been with Gusou for a long time. This brought great convenience to his search.
Great convenience.
He only had half a day on the first day and found nothing; because the mountain was not high and the mountain animals were friendly, he decided to spend the night on the mountain.
This is a challenge to courage and self-confidence, and it is also a process of growth.
Not lighting a fire is not a good idea. In addition to emboldening yourself, it can only scare away those timid mountain beasts. For those truly fierce and bad-tempered mountain beasts, the fire will stimulate their emotions and attract unnecessary anger.
In this regard, he is already an experienced veteran.
Just put yourself in the dark night and let yourself slowly integrate with the night mountains. When you and nature are indistinguishable, the mountain beasts will treat you as a part of nature. Except that they look a little weird, there is nothing wrong with them.
The threat is palpable.
The next day continued. After spending the night, he had gained confidence in the mountain beasts here, and he became more natural and relaxed. He would even say hello to the mountain beasts that he occasionally encountered. It must be said that these creatures are quite spiritual.
You can always accurately distinguish whether you are kind or malicious, so you can live in peace.
He got along well with the mountain beasts, but he found nothing when looking for traces of human monks. There were no details to prove that there were signs of monks' activities here. This can only prove one thing: either the villagers were wrong, or they were monks.
His realm is very high, at least Tongxuan or above, so that he can work in vain.
When practitioners can fly, it is no longer possible to find anything from footprints on the ground.
But he also made some unexpected discoveries, that is, there are many hidden springs on Jishan Mountain. Although they are not as high as Jingyang Mountain in Anhe, there are still many. Many of them are hot springs, with traces of white steam escaping.
The fog became thicker and denser.
On the mountainside, he found a larger cave entrance. Judging from the moss growing in front of the cave entrance, there were no human footprints, only the hoof prints of large and small mountain animals. This was also the first time he found that a practitioner could use it as a cave.
place, so I went in and walked around.
He quit after an hour. He had no choice. It was too deep and he couldn't get to the bottom of it. If he insisted on investigating, it would definitely delay his meeting with his senior brother. Moreover, he did not find anything suspicious.
On the third day, when they started to go down the mountain, the mission failed; this was also a common occurrence in their experiences in the past few months, just as he did not expect the monk with the lantern to really find something in the ancient well; it was not that they did not
Try their best, but they set a limit on their own efforts.
No matter how high it is, I won’t do it.
There is a small village at the foot of Chicken Mountain, named Guantou Village. This is where he and Xiang Zhiwen made an appointment to meet. He arrived a day early, which was a sign of respect for his senior brother.
He didn't enter the village, but just waited on a hill outside the village. He was looking forward to it, not only because he hadn't seen Xiang Zhiwen for a while, but also for the news about those Yin Ling friends, who were the only group of people since he entered the practice.
The brother who lived and died with him.
I originally thought that Xiang Zhiwen would arrive later, but as the night was getting darker that night, Hou Zi felt the vibration of the ground. This was the perception ability that he had practiced deeply in the Hesitation Technique, which allowed him to predict the situation before he could see it with his eyes.
Knowing that a night traveler was approaching, the unique rhythm of Jian Yu's steps made him very sure who it was.
So he stood up and shouted in that direction in the darkness, "Hey, fellow Taoist, why are you coming to my Xiong'er? Why don't you call me immediately to report? What's the purpose of sneaking in late at night to save the toll on the bridge?"
In the darkness, a figure quickly approached, and at the same time he raised a ray of sword light and killed him on the head. When the cross swords met, the two sides refused to give in. They exchanged swords for several times like lightning and flint, and then they sheathed each other.
Xiang Zhiwen smiled and scolded, "Okay, once your wings are hardened, I won't be able to do anything to you."
The two of them walked arm in arm and came to the earth bag. Hou Zi took out the Xiong'er specialty food and wine that had been prepared, and they sat on the ground and talked about their farewells.
Xiang Zhiwen didn't seem to have changed much, but his brows were a little darker, "Junior brother, I heard that you are doing well in Xiong'er? You have also repaired the monsters here? You are really capable of doing things, and you don't feel uneasy anywhere.
A portion."
Hou Zi laughed and said, "Daily life, daily life, small fights, it's nothing. I look at senior brother's complexion, this is one step closer to Tongxuan, right? Why do you still have the leisure to come here to look for opportunities?"
Xiang Zhiwen sighed, "One step closer? I was taking a step forward three years ago, and I am still taking a step forward three years later. If I can't find a breakthrough, I will be stuck in taking steps forward for the rest of my life."
I felt that the conditions were sufficient three years ago. When you first arrived, you were in the realm of Peiyuan. Now we are on the same starting line, so I have the biggest headache now when people say that you have improved again!"
Hou Zi wanted to laugh, but he felt the cruel side of cultivation; a large number of people had to be wiped out at each level, and behind every successful person were numerous fallen bones.
One hundred people can feel the pulse of Qi, six or seventy of them can guide Qi to practice, four or fifty can walk to Cuiyuan Yangdan, twenty or thirty can be lucky enough to be self-sufficient, and finally a dozen or so can walk to the connecting bridge.
Before the pass.
But this last step is also the most difficult step, and the difficulty suddenly increases; judging from Quanzhen Sect's statistics on its disciples, only three can finally successfully reach the realm of enlightenment.
Most people will fail at this level and never become true practitioners.
When asked, he did the same, and so did Lantern and Zhisun.
